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see outdated packages
import xmlrpclib
import pip
def check_for_updates():
pypi = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://pypi.python.org/pypi')
for dist in pip.get_installed_distributions():
available = pypi.package_releases(dist.project_name)
if not available:
# Try to capitalize pkg name
available = pypi.package_releases(dist.project_name.capitalize())
if not available:
msg = 'no releases at pypi'
elif available[0] != dist.version:
msg = '{} available'.format(available[0])
else:
msg = 'up to date'
pkg_info = '{dist.project_name} {dist.version}'.format(dist=dist)
print '{pkg_info:40} {msg}'.format(pkg_info=pkg_info, msg=msg)
check_for_updates()
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